THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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the service that they are capable of rendering you, and 
each and every one of them stand ready to serve you 
every day in the year. In matters pertaining to legisla¬ 
tion, inspection, railroad tariffs, etc., no matter what 
your troubles may he. it is the hope and purpose of the 
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Baker, Fort Worth, Texas, on board 
S. S. Sappho, when attending the Detroit Convention. 
administration to build such an organization that you 
through your executive committeemen may receive the 
maximum amount of help from the association. 
Active and Associate Members. Under the constitu¬ 
tion as adopted at Detroit every member whose name ap¬ 
pears in the badge book of 1915 is a member of the 
American Association of Nurserymen, but you will note 
that the membership under the constitution is divided 
between active and associate members. The active mem¬ 
bers of the association are those who are engaged in the 
nursery business, and associate members are those who 
are engaged in the allied trades, dealers in supplies, hor¬ 
ticultural implement makers, etc. The only thing 
necessary to retain membership on the part of those 
whose names appear in the badge book of 1915 is the 
payment of dues as named in article 7 of the constitution. 
Hereafter in receiving members into the association, said 
members shall be elected either by the association as a 
body, or in case application for membership is made at a 
time other than when the association is in session, the 
executive committee has power to receive members. It 
is hoped that no worthy nurserymen in the United States 
will feel that there was any desire on the part of the 
framers of this constitution to bar any reputable nur¬ 
seryman from becoming a member of the association. 
The elective method is written into the constitution in an 
endeavor to raise the standard of membership, and not 
in any sense to keep any worthy nurserymen out of the 
association. 
The question of associate members, which provoked 
quite a lively discussion on the floor of the convention, 
but which was at last thoroughly understood and agreed 
to by the associate members present, will we believe, 
with just a little study appeal to both active and asso¬ 
ciate members of the association as being fair and rea¬ 
sonable from every point of view. We are desirous of 
retaining our associate members, and appreciate the fact 
that during the past they have rendered efficient service 
to the association in various ways, and yet, this being a 
nurserymen’s association, it is deemed wise that the man¬ 
agement of the association’s affairs shall be placed in the 
hands of member nurserymen. Furthermore, and in ex¬ 
planation of the difference in membership fees for the 
active and associate members, it will be noted as set 
forth in article 7 that the associate member’s fee is 
$10.00, while the active member’s fee remains $5.00, and 
that the active member is subject to additional assess¬ 
ment, where the associate member is not. To the end 
that every worthy nurseryman and those associated with 
the nurserymen through allied trade interests should be¬ 
come members of the association, the executive committee 
hopes that every member of the association will consider 
himself a member of the membership committee, and en¬ 
deavor to stimulate membership in the association 
through every method that has as its aim the up-building 
of the association. Call upon Secretary Hall for appli¬ 
cation blanks and help boost the membership campaign. 
George Achelis, West Chester, Pa., on board S. S. Sappho 
when attending the Detroit Convention. 
In Explanation of Additional Dues. Article 7 of 
your new constitution is the most progressive 
change made in your constitution, and is the result of 
many hours of arduous thought and labor on the part of 
the special committee delegated to rewrite this constitu- 
